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P-51D-20-NA Mustang “Double Trouble Two”353rd Fighter Group, 352nd Fighter Squadron, 8th Air ForceFlown by Lt. Colonel “Wild” Bill Bailey. Raydon Airfield,
England,1944-45. Bailey finished the war with 3 air-to-air and 3
strafing victories. This aircraft was in natural metal finish
with puttied and sanded wings that were painted silver, as were
the wings of all Mustangs on this sheet. Most of the rivets and
panel lines, with the exception of removable panels and access
hatches, would be smooth and mostly invisible in this scale.
Anti glare panel in Olive drab. Spinner and nose checks in
yellow and black. Shrouded exhausts, canopy frame and mainwheel
hubs in natural metal. No wing or tailplane tactical bands. Wing
racks fitted and paper tanks are seen fitted in one photo.
Single round mirror in center of windscreen and cuffed Ham Std
blades in black w/yellow tips.

P-51D-15-NA Mustang “The Millie G”55th Fighter Group, 343rd Fighter Squadron, 8th Air ForceFlown by Major Edward Giller. Wormingford Airfield,
England,1944-45. Major Giller was the CO of the 343rd FS, and
had 3 air-to-air and 6 strafing victories. This sheet depicts
the Millie G accurately, probably for the first time. Giller had
two different Mustangs painted as shown, and both can be
modelled with markings on this sheet. The first one, a D-15
serialed 44-14985, had red diagonal trim stripes, under fuselage
invasion stripes, and a narrow red trim stripe to the nose
checks, while the second one, a D-15 serialed 44-15701, had
diagonal red trim stripes and no invasion stripes. Rear fuselage
and empennage were finished in either RAF Dark Green or possibly
Olive Drab. Nose checks are very dark green, not the bright leaf
green seen on warbirds, in profiles and on other decal sheets.
Canopy frame and mainwheel hubs in natural metal. Wing racks
fitted and paper tanks are seen fitted in one photo. Second a/c
had a mirror on the sliding hood. Both a/c had unshrouded
exhausts and cuffed Ham Std blades in black w/yellow tips.
Breather plate black on first a/c, natural metal on 44-15701.

P-51D-5-NA Mustang “Lou IV”361st Fighter Group, 375th Fighter Squadron, 8th Air ForceFlown by Lt. Col. Thomas Christian. Bottisham Airfield, England,
summer 1944. Christian, the C.O. of the 361st FG at the time,
was KIA on August 12, 1944. He had no victories. Lou IVs
camouflage has been extremely hotly debated for many years. Some
are convinced the sprayed upper surface color was blue, ranging
from a bright blue to a deep royal blue, but color images do not
seem to bear this out. The general consensus is that Lou IV was
natural metal with the upper surfaces field painted green,
either US Olive Drab or RAF Dark Green. I favor the latter. At
this point, the upper surface invasion stripes have been painted
out with a lighter color. Suggestions range from dark blue, to
Olive drab (for Dark Green painted a/c) to Medium Green (for
Olive Drab painted a/c). There seems to be no definitive answer,
so we recommend painting it as you see fit. Note shrouded NM
exhausts, black breather plate, highly polished lower engine
panels, single round mirror mounted to stbd corner of
windscreen, metal droptanks and slightly lighter color to gun
barrel fairing panel.

P-51D-15-NA Mustang “Alabama Rammer Jammer”353rd Fighter Group, 352nd Fighter Squadron, 8th Air ForceFlown by Lt. Arthur Cundy. Raydon Airfield, England, Spring
1945. Cundy had 5 aerial victories when he was KIA on March 11,
1945. This aircraft can be built in two ways, as shown on the
sheet with the three rows of nose checks, or later, when the
checks were extended as seen on Double Trouble Two. This
aircraft was in natural metal finish with puttied and sanded
wings that were painted silver. Anti glare panel in Olive drab.
Spinner and nose checks in yellow and black. Canopy frame and
mainwheel hubs in natural metal. Wing racks fitted. Shrouded
exhausts and cuffed Ham Std blades in black w/yellow tips.
Single tall round mirror on front frame of sliding hood. Note
roughly painted out data block under cockpit in Olive Drab or
Neutral Grey or Dark Metal color? Early version had under
fuselage and wing invasion stripes. Stripes probably removed
later.

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